U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with General Martin Dempsey, Incoming Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 17, 2011. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with General Martin Dempsey, Incoming Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 17, 2011. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

The National Defense University hosts a conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, moderated by Frank Sesno, Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, at NDU in Washington, D.C., on August 16, 2011. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

The National Defense University hosts a conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, moderated by Frank Sesno, Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, at NDU in Washington, D.C., on August 16, 2011. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

The National Defense University hosts a conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, right, moderated by Frank Sesno, Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, at NDU in Washington, D.C., on August 16, 2011. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

The National Defense University hosts a conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center right, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, right, moderated by Frank Sesno, Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, left, at NDU in Washington, D.C., on August 16, 2011. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere hold a joint press conference after their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 12, 2011. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere meet at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 12, 2011. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]